NRS 12.105 State
and local governmental agencies may be sued without naming members of their
governing bodies; service.

NRS 12.107 Limitation
on commencement of lawsuit against manufacturer or distributor of firearm or
ammunition or trade association related to firearms or ammunition; exception
for breach of contract or warranty.

NRS 12.110 Associates
may be sued by name of association; summons; judgment to bind joint property.

NRS 12.120 Unknown
heirs to real property may be made parties; allegations and proof that names
and residences of heirs are unknown.

NRS 12.010Assignment of thing in action not to prejudice defense.Except as provided for secured transactions in
chapter 104 of NRS, in the case of an
assignment of a thing in action, the action by the assignee shall be without
prejudice to any setoff or other defense existing at the time of, or before
notice of, the assignment; but this section shall not apply to a negotiable
promissory note, or bill of exchange, transferred in good faith and upon good
consideration before due.

(a) File an affidavit with the court setting
forth with particularity facts concerning the person’s income, property and
other resources which establish that the person is unable to prosecute or
defend the action because the person is unable to pay the costs of so doing; or

(b) Submit a statement or otherwise indicate to
the court that the person is a client of a program for legal aid.

2. If the court is satisfied that a person
who files an affidavit pursuant to subsection 1 is unable to pay the costs of
prosecuting or defending the action or if the court finds that a person is a
client of a program for legal aid, the court shall order:

(a) The clerk of the court:

(1) To allow the person to commence or
defend the action without costs; and

(2) To file or issue any necessary writ,
process, pleading or paper without charge.

(b) The sheriff or other appropriate public
officer within this State to make personal service of any necessary writ,
process, pleading or paper without charge.

3. If the person is required to have
proceedings reported or recorded, or if the court determines that the
reporting, recording or transcription of proceedings would be helpful to the
adjudication or appellate review of the case, the court shall order that the
reporting, recording or transcription be performed at the expense of the county
in which the action is pending but at a reduced rate as set by the county.

4. If the person prevails in the action,
the court shall enter its order requiring the losing party to pay into court
within 5 days the costs which would have been incurred by the prevailing party,
and those costs must then be paid as provided by law.

5. Where the affidavit establishes that
the person is unable to defend an action, the running of the time within which
to appear and answer or otherwise defend is tolled during the period between
the filing of the affidavit and the ruling of the court thereon.

6. An affidavit filed pursuant to this
section, and any application or request for an order filed with the affidavit,
does not constitute a general appearance before the court by the affiant or
give the court personal jurisdiction over the affiant.

7. The order of the court to which
application is made pursuant to this section is not appealable.

8. As used in this section, “client of a
program for legal aid” means a person:

(a) Who is represented by an attorney who is
employed by or volunteering for a program for legal aid organized under the
auspices of the State Bar of Nevada, a county or local bar association, a
county or municipal program for legal services or other program funded by this
State or the United States to provide legal assistance to indigent persons; and

(b) Whose eligibility for such representation is
based upon indigency.

NRS 12.040Deserted husband or wife as a party.When
a husband has deserted his family, the wife may prosecute or defend in his name
any action which he might have prosecuted or defended, and shall have the same
powers and rights therein as he might have, and, under like circumstances, the
husband shall have the same right.

[1911 CPA § 49; RL § 4991; NCL § 8548]

NRS 12.050Appointment of guardian ad litem.When
a guardian ad litem is appointed by the court, the guardian ad litem must be
appointed as follows:

1. When the infant is plaintiff, upon the
application of the infant if the infant be of the age of 14 years, or, if under
that age, upon the application of a relative or friend of the infant.

2. When the infant is defendant, upon the
application of the infant if the infant be of the age of 14 years and apply
within 10 days after the service of the summons, or, if under that age or if
the infant neglect to so apply, then upon the application of a relative or
friend of the infant, or any other party to the action.

3. When an insane or incompetent person is
a party to an action or proceeding, upon the application of a relative or
friend of such insane or incompetent person, or of any other party to the
action or proceeding.

[1911 CPA § 51; RL § 4993; NCL § 8550]

NRS 12.070Parent or guardian may maintain action for seduction.Either of the parents or the guardian of a
male or female minor child under the age of 16 years may, on behalf of that
child, bring an action for the seduction of that child, against a person 3 or
more years older than the child. The parent or guardian, as plaintiff, need not
show that the child was living with the parent or guardian or was in the
service of the parent or guardian at the time of the seduction or later, or
that the parent or guardian suffered a loss of service.

NRS 12.080Parent or guardian may maintain action for injury of minor
child.The father and mother
jointly, or the father or the mother, without preference to either, may
maintain an action for the injury of a minor child who has not been
emancipated, if the injury is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another.
A guardian may maintain an action for the injury of his or her unemancipated
ward, if the injury is caused by the wrongful act or neglect of another, the
action by the guardian to be prosecuted for the benefit of the ward. Any such
action may be maintained against the person causing the injury, or, if the person
is employed by another person who is responsible for his or her conduct, also
against that other person.

NRS 12.100Action not to abate by death of any party after verdict.After verdict shall have been rendered in any
action for a wrong, such action shall not abate by the death of any party, but
the case shall proceed thereafter in the same manner as in cases where the
cause of action now survives by law.

[Part 1911 CPA § 62; RL § 5004; NCL § 8561]

NRS 12.105State and local governmental agencies may be sued without naming
members of their governing bodies; service.Any
political subdivision, public corporation, special district, or other agency of
state or local government which is capable of being sued in its own name may be
sued by naming it as the party without naming the individual members of its
governing body in their representative capacity. In addition to any other
method which may be provided by statute or rule of court, service may be made
upon the clerk or secretary of the political subdivision, corporation or
agency.

NRS 12.107Limitation on commencement of lawsuit against manufacturer or distributor
of firearm or ammunition or trade association related to firearms or
ammunition; exception for breach of contract or warranty.

1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2, the State of Nevada is the only governmental entity in this state
that may commence a lawsuit against a manufacturer or distributor of a firearm
or ammunition or a trade association related to firearms or ammunition for
damages, abatement or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to the
lawful design or manufacture of a firearm or ammunition or the marketing or
sale of a firearm or ammunition to the public.

2. The provisions of this section do not
prohibit a county, city, local government or other political subdivision of
this state or an agency thereof from commencing a lawsuit against a
manufacturer or distributor of a firearm or ammunition for breach of contract
or warranty concerning a firearm or ammunition purchased by the county, city,
local government or other political subdivision of this state or agency thereof.

NRS 12.110Associates may be sued by name of association; summons; judgment
to bind joint property.When two
or more persons, associated in any business, transact such business under a
common name, whether it comprise the names of such persons or not, the
associates may be sued by such common name, the summons in such cases being
served on one or more of the associates; and the judgment in the action shall
bind the joint property of all the associates, in the same manner as if all had
been made defendants and had been sued upon their joint liability.

[1911 CPA § 65; RL § 5007; NCL § 8564]

NRS 12.120Unknown heirs to real property may be made parties; allegations
and proof that names and residences of heirs are unknown.

1. In any action in which the title to
real property situate in this state is involved in which the heir or heirs, or
any thereof, of a deceased person may be necessary or proper party or parties
defendant and the name or names and place or places of residence of which heir
or heirs are unknown to the plaintiff or plaintiffs, such heir or heirs may be
made a party or parties defendant by being described in the complaint and
summons as the unknown heir or heirs of such deceased person, giving the name
and last place of residence of such deceased person, with any further
description that may be necessary to reasonably identify the deceased person.

2. In any such action the plaintiff or
plaintiffs shall allege in the complaint, and prove at the trial, that diligent
search and inquiry have been made by or in behalf of the plaintiff or
plaintiffs to ascertain the name or names, and place or places of residence of
such heir or heirs, without success, and that the same are and remain unknown
to the plaintiff or plaintiffs.

NRS 12.130Intervention: Right to intervention; procedure, determination
and costs; exception.

1. Except as otherwise provided in
subsection 2:

(a) Before the trial, any person may intervene in
an action or proceeding, who has an interest in the matter in litigation, in
the success of either of the parties, or an interest against both.

(b) An intervention takes place when a third
person is permitted to become a party to an action or proceeding between other
persons, either by joining the plaintiff in claiming what is sought by the
complaint, or by uniting with the defendant in resisting the claims of the
plaintiff, or by demanding anything adversely to both the plaintiff and the
defendant.

(c) Intervention is made as provided by the
Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure.

(d) The court shall determine upon the
intervention at the same time that the action is decided. If the claim of the
party intervening is not sustained, the party intervening shall pay all costs
incurred by the intervention.

2. The provisions of this section do not
apply to intervention in an action or proceeding by the Legislature pursuant to
NRS 218F.720.